Lol... didn't you see that :biggrin: ?

Don't take too seriously when I'm using them.. :biggrin:

It's your idea, keep it. I'd do anything to see less people bitch about the topscores, and the "highscores" topic I made seem to confusing for anyone to follow... :biggrin:


Just some notes about both of the ideas though:

There's a few more reasons NOT to be able to change your screen name...
#3: Even though you'd still log in through your normal SN, if anyone can change their name it'd make it REAL easy to "frame" what people say/do in the chat (you could NEVER trust the screen shots again).
#4: When people start acting up and TMy or a Mod wants to kick/ban them, they'd have to do an IP search EVERY time instead of the ole' "/kick name" or whatever they've got in there.
#5: If people start using the same name (constantly) then it'd be hard to tell who's who. You might remember experiences with two or more of someone who supposedly "left" but their name remains and when they come back in it's still there (due to lag). With a changeable name several people could come in under the SN "SSJKarma" and it'd be almost impossible to tell which one's which (especially if a Mod wanted to manually-kick one of 'em).

I don't know, but if that's ever implimented you can plan on your screenshots from the game to start being a whole lot less trust worthy.


On the "high scores" idea:

I love the idea of taking lag-related bitchin' and ####-killing techniques out of the ranking method. Just something I might note is that what you've devised is very basic, and that'd mean lots of people would score near-same highscores almost constantly. Putting combos, supers used, "cheap shot" points deducted, helper used, etc. sorts of things would make the scores much more interesting/fun to fight for.

But, like everything, there's a downside...
You've already noted that people would quit fighting for the top-scores as much, as well as considerably stop playing each other in-game frequently. Basically, the ranks system is about the only reason ANYONE fights/has fought for extended periods of time in this game. Turning this into an AI based game instead of a vs. game is something I'm certain TMy doesn't want (after all, that IS the point of it being an online vs game).

As long as this idea takes causes people to fight in vs. AI instead of vs. each other, I doubt there's much hope for it.

Here's an idea for that: Make it something constant (that never gets reset, like the topscores do). That'll make it a way to measure the skills of everyone who has ever played, and the top-scores would measure who's the "best" of the current players.


Anyways, just my thoughts on your original ideas.